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"Some of the prostitutes are big, strong people,” reports local official Donna Lee.

Hooker street-sign destruction

July 17, 2012

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From the Telegraph, via Newser, we bring you one of the most bizarre cases of public-property destruction we've come across to date.

In just a year and a half, one part of south Auckland, New Zealand, has seen more than 40 street signs damaged or destroyed. Officials have identified the culprits, and they are neither a gang of vandals nor a few irresponsible hoons getting a little bit too sideways in their Holdens.

No, the vandals are beefy prostitutes who often use street signs as makeshift stripper poles.

According to local representative Donna Lee, “Prostitutes use these street-sign poles as dancing poles. The poles are part of their soliciting equipment and they often snap them. Some of the prostitutes are big, strong people.”

Update: title changed to reflect the fact that we do not know whether or not the prostitutes in question are, in fact, swarthy.

Graham Kozak
- Graham Kozak drove a 1951 Packard 200 sedan in high school because he wanted something that would be easy to find in a parking lot. He thinks all the things they're doing with fuel injection and seatbelts these days are pretty nifty too. Read more »See more by this author»